Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-01-28
TERRITORIAL TIE MS.

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The total Indebtedness of Chehalis
county, less cash on hand, is $40, 205.-
30.
The lines of the Postal Telegraph
Co. will be in working order about
March lst.
Heron Blair, a lad 1G years of age,
was killed by Il jam of logs, at La
Camas, last week.
Three car-loads OF bridge timber
went over the Northern Pacific, few
few days ago, for Use i'll Montana.
A combination on the Pacific coast
have control of the bulk of oats and
hay and the price has gone up natur-
ally.
A milling firm at Vancouver has
lately received several large orders for
lumber from points East OF the Mis-
souri, river.
A thrifty colony Of 100 Catholics
from Ontario, Canada, have purchased
land in Snohomish county and propose
to locate there in the Spring.
The Tacoma mill recently sawed
from a spruce log 30 feet in length g.
400 feet of lumber; and there was not
even knot in the entire product.
J. B. Ball, the veteran logger, says
that next Summer there will be double
the amount of logging done on Skagit
river that was done there the past sea-
son.
Capt. Tartc of the steamer Erangrl,
has entered into an arrangement with
the Canadian Pacific company to carry
all the company's Puget Sound freight
to ports as far south as Tacoma.
The dwelling house Of James Nc
Convillc, near Tacoma, WAS burned
Saturday night. Mr.. McConville is
of the opinion that the house was first
robbed and then fired. Loss, $500.
The assessed valuation of all prop
erty in Washington Territory for the
year 1875 was $l4,569, l56; for the
year 1880, $23,70S, 5S7 for the year
1886, $50. 1896. It rather looks rs
though things were progressing.
Somebody has stolen Judge Denni-
sons dog, and the city of Vancouver is
agog at the temerity of the thief. If
the Judge catches him, he will be
speedily consigned to the demration
bow-wows.
Tom Goodwin, Yakima rancher,
has sent several tons of broom corn to
Portland Mr.. Goodwin says that he
gets $50 a ton for it, but that that price
will not pay for its production, strip
ping, baling and preparation for mar
ket.
A hop contract was lately closed in
Tacoma mt W. J. Flies office, whereby
a prominent hop grower agrees 20 fur
nish 10000 pounds of hops each year
for the succeeding three years, to a
buyer at the rate of fifteen cents per
pound.
The Tacoma Ncws says: "The Pos
tai Telegraph Company is getting 49,
600 telegraph poles on the Sound,
which will be shipped to California for
use in constructing lines there. Puget
Sound cedar does not grow N that
country"
The city tax of Vancouver has all
been collected with the exception Of
$26. This is remarkably good show
ing, but Olympia beats it. No delin-
quent tax has been collected here the
past three years, if We are to judge by
the record.
The Western Union telegraph re-
pairers have orders to cut the new Pos
tai telegraph line where the latter
comes in contact with the former by
accident. This looks more like law
suit in the future than consolidation
of the telegraph companies.
Old sea captains say the present
season is the worst that has ever pre-
vailed on the Pacific northwest coast.
Since the middle of last October heavy
winds have prevailed amounting TO
gales. More wrecks have occurred
than in any other year. Cape Flattcry
has been particularly dangerous.
A Walla Walla exchange says that
John l., Cook, OF Tacoma, through
Hon. 4. E. Isham, has instituted suit
against the city of Walla Walla to re-
cover damages for the falling of brick
wall mt the cemetery. 1t is claimed
the damage was done by too rrofuse
irrigation.
1t is understood that there is in cir
culation petitions in each county in
the Territory, which will be presented
to Congress, asking for the passage Of
an act charging the jurisdiction of all
probate courts so as to grant them a
limited jurisdiction in both civil and
criminal cases.
A few days ago Fred c. Pettibone,
one of the proprietors OF the Whatcom
shingle and planning mill, had his
right arm cut entirely off by the ma
chine below the elbow. The misfor
tune is very much regretted, as Mr.
Pcttibone had just commenced doing
II good business for himself and the
town.
Mr.. John w. Brace, who died in
Portland on the 18th instant, was SO
years of age, and is well known in this
Territory, having represented Ska
mania county in the Legislature sew
eral terms. He was son-in-law of
James Biles, Esq, of Tumwater, and
leaves fortune of nearly half mil
lion to his family.
A Chinaman working on the rail-
road above Cle-elum had a quarrel
with two countrymen. That night,
when they were asleep, he placed a
stick of giant powder between them,
lighted the fuse and fled to the woods
One of the Cinnamon had his side
blown off, and died. The other is hor-
ribly mutilated and not expected to
live.
The Salmon river mining district,
now attracting attention, is, says an
exchange, 14O miles from Ellensburg,
by present wagon road. A new road
is being made over the mountain from
Ellensburg to Wenatchie, which will
shorten the distance from the former
place some twenty miles. Some of
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